MUSHYBOOKS
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With Evie’s arrival I looked, and looked for a baby book that I loved. I never found one that was exactly what I wanted, and ended up settling on a white and pink polkadot book. Sure things are filled out in it, but I still was not happy.
I cannot remember who put Mushybooks on my radar, but I am so glad they did. Finally, baby books that are modern, and beautiful. Mushybooks was what I had been looking for!
Lesley is the brilliant creator of Mushybooks. She lives in Mapler Ridge, BC with her husband, and their three kiddos. After having gone through three ugly baby books herself, and realizing that many parents did not like the baby books they had for their kids, she saw the need for something beautiful to be made available. Parents wanted baby books that were crisp, and clean. With just a touch of fun style to them.
I love that the pages of the Mushybook have prompts for what to write, but that they keep things simple too. It makes writing in the baby book so much easier. You are taken through all the stages of your little ones life. There is space for everything from when you found out that you were expecting to their first year. Want to expand the book even more? There are extra pages available… baby shower, toddler pages, NICU pages. So many great options to help you personalize the book even more for your little one.
To be honest I was a little bit worried about starting to write in the Mushybook. What happened if I messed up? What type of pen should I be using to document all the events into it? Lesley again has you covered!
She recently did a blog post on the best pens for your Mushybook. I may have been bugging her to do this post, as I was so intimidated to start writing and end up not liking the pen I was using. Lesley tried out a bunch of pens, and lets you know her top pick. The favourite for her was the Sakura Micron 01. This pen is available in a three pack at local art stores, and at craft stores. I was able to get the packages of pens with a coupon. To make sure you really have no fear about whatever pen you decide to use there is even a tester page included with the books! – Thank you!
I am also thankful that she provides the option to get replacement pages if you do make a mistake… hello baby brain, and new mom brain. Mistakes happen. I will be ordering a replacement as I did goof on one page. No need to cover the mistake with a strategically places sticker or washi tape. I will just redo that page when the replacement arrives.
The one thing I will be doing is changing my photos to square prints so that I can fit more in. I have found that my usual 4×6 are a bit too bit for my liking, plus I just have so many photos I am having a very hard time picking just a couple to put in if I use a larger photo. I want to get as many cute photos in there as possible so that my girls can look back and see how they changes over the months, and it will help me to always remember that first year too.
There are multiple beautiful Mushbooks to pick from, you really cannot go wrong with whatever one you select to document your child’s life. I fell in love with their books so much, that I actually got two. One for our oldest, Evie, and one for Addie. That’s right I am actually redoing all of Evie’s baby book. Things are getting pulled out and put into the book I love for her!
I picked out Dreamcatcher, and Into The Wild for my girls. I love that both have a black and white colour theme so they go together, but are different. For Into The Wild, Mushybooks teamed up with The Wild. This book features their original drawings of different animals, and nature. It’s ridiculously cute. The Dreamcatcher book has feathers, dandelion puffs, and geometric patterns throughout. It’s a perfectly dreamy book.
I absolutely adore Mushybooks. These baby books will be featured proudly on the book shelves in both of my girls rooms. This way we can pull them out any time, and flip through them together.
Mushybooks has very kindly provided the opportunity for one reader of Discovering Parenthood to get to select a book of their very own! This is a great chance to win a baby book, perhaps you have already been eyeing up a Mushybook? Maybe you are in need of a baby shower gift, you cannot go wrong with one of these!
Good luck to everyone who enters!
Don’t miss the bonus entry over on our Instagram page!
Dreamcatcher! I love their mod look!
Absolutely love Mushybooks! I would definitely get Into the Wild! I love how clean they are with the black and white theme. Perfect for my little man’s monochromatic nursery!
This is amazing! I would love to win this!
Into The Wild would be the one that I would purchase! I love how beautiful and simplistic these books look!
Would love to win!
Probably dreamcatcher. 🙂 I love the clean lines, our babybook is a MESS… I’d love to re-do it!
I love the Into the Wild and Wild Child book!
Great shower gift/baby gift – I chose dreamcatcher.
LOVE the Into the Wild book! These are so cute!
I would choose “you, me & the sea”. I love sealife.
It is great that Mushybooks has the option of adding extra pages to suit your needs.
Oh the books are terrific. I love the Into the Wild book!!
I am loving all of the little details! Dream catcher is my fav <3
Definitely entering! How neat is this!:)
A star is born! I like that these books are made and designed in Canada
Like you I am having a hard time finding a baby book for my 6 week old that isn’t tacky looking with awful illustrations. I love the dreamcatcher Mushybook!
Awwwww what a fabulous giveaway!!! Totally entering so i can hopefully win!
i would have to pick the ocean theme since my son’s room is all sharks and fish! i have one of the boring baby books that you talked about and i actually had to buy another one because i completely screwed up the months (mommy brain). having a replacement page would’ve been wonderful. really crossing my fingers for a win!
These are great! I would pick you, me and the sea. Thanks for the giveaway
oh wow! those books are really SO beautiful. very cool!
love these! I would pick dreamcatcher – i love the neutral color scheme!
Awww – these pictures are seriously gorgeous. I just entered and followed you on instagram!
This would make a great baby shower gift for my friend. Thank you for the recommendation!
I would choose Into the Wild! We’ve called our baby girl our “Curtin Cub” and her nursery is a woodland adventure theme. We even got a massive overstuffed bear to take her monthly pictures with!
Into the Wild! Love the collaboration!
Into the Wild is by far my absolute favourite of the Mushybook range. The detailed little creatures combined with the white crisp pages make it perfect for my little adventure boy
Absolutely love these books, the dream catcher or into the wild would be my pick also. I love how they are so simple and fresh, with the gorgeous imagery. Would love to win one for my little baby boy 💙
Dreamcatcher!😍
My sister just showed me the mushy books website ! Would love one for my new baby girl! Love dream catcher 🙂
Ahhh how stunning are these. I would choose into the wild. There are so many awful baby books it’s so nice to have one beautifully designed. Good on you for giving one away. Fingers,toes and hair crossed that this one is for me xo
These are the nicest baby books I have seen. Been searching for a while for something like this!
Dreamcatcher!
Dreamcatcher! I’ve never really been a baby book person and this may just change me!
I love this post so much! What sweet photos, an adorable baby, and cute nursery! Mushybooks looks so awesome. Your post has reminded me to work on my boys’ baby books!
I love mushybooks too.. I’m all way from new Zealand 🙂
i’ve been looking at these for a while now and would pick Little Miss for the newest addition arriving this year.
Thanks so much for the chance to win! I would pick the Dreamcatcher Mushybook if I won. I like the simplicity of the black and white – and as a math teacher I have a special place in my heart for geometric designs 🙂 I love these books and would love to get one for my next baby!
I could totally use this in my life right now!! So perfect
I never had the chance to do it for even one of my children. But this is great idea, I will suggest this to my daughter to it for my grandchild.. This is just so perfect! 🙂
Love the look of the sea themed book. We love the beach 🙂 I love that these books aren’t super cuttered and “babyish” like the usual baby books. Probably why I’ve never even done a book for either of my kids. Oops.
Ahhhh the dreamcatcher soooo cute!!! I would feel bad getting one for Adelaide when I didn’t do a baby book for Acacia 😢 These are beautifully designed.
I love these books!! I would probably want Into the Wild!
Ahhhhh I would love to win one for my newborn!!!
Such beautiful books! My favourite is Into the Wild. Though I don’t think you can go wrong with any of them. I also love that they’re handmade in Canada. Supporting local businesses is the way to go!
I would choose dreamcatcher book for our little one coming in July!
I love the dreamcatcher! I would love to have a baby book for my 2nd baby when she comes any day now. I’m still working on my 1st daughter’s baby book. I love the pages are removable and you can add on when you run out of pages.
You me and the sea! Love it! I want it now!
I would choose the Into The Wild book. I really want this for my next baby coming in December because I love Journaling!
Oh my gosh! These are so beautiful. My sister-in-law is planning a baby shower for my niece and Mushybooks would make excellent baby shower gifts. Thank you for introducing me to them. 🙂
Mushybooks are the absolute best baby books.
Ooooh, they are gorgeous books! I’d probably pick Little Miss (because I have girls) but they’re all fun. 🙂
I would choose Dreamcatcher 🙂
I think id choose wild child.
I like the option of replacement and extra pages.
I have been eyeing up Mushybooks for a while now! I love Into The Wild, but it is a tough choice with so many cute options!
I love the Into the Wild book! I have had my eyes on these for so long!!